SEONYONG LEE
Cluster Contemporary Jewellery
”The Living Trace”
Currently a contemporary jewelry and object artist.
Born in Korea, Seonyong Lee received her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in metalwork and jewelry in Korea and the United States. Driven by her long-standing interest and experience in polymer materials, which possess properties distinct from metal, she has been creating diverse works, ranging from contemporary jewelry to objects and installations, since 2012, primarily using silicone as her primary material. She enjoys experimenting with the properties of materials to create intriguing and novel results.
Seonyong has re-recognized the role of an object using silicone as the main material and has captured the moments of change and transformation. <Cast Skin Series> empathizes with the sorrow of the abandoned shell after fulfilling its duty and makes it a subject. When a new life is born, the original exuviae loses all eyes and attention. The fate of cast skin, who always gave up the main character's place to a new life, was thrown away, and this was replaced by melting away the original form.
A thin cast skin with a history of growth rises at the site where the original is melted, raising the meaning of existence. This cast skin, which retains the shape of the kernel it was holding, further reveals its presence through change.
